The sickly Li Chaoyang transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1965, becoming the "short-lived wretch" shunned by everyone there. His parents died when he was young, leaving him two main rooms and a job as a warehouse keeper at the steel mill, but to the courtyard's greedy schemers, he is nothing more than easy pickings. Qin Huairu tries to use a "matchmaking setup" to trick him into supporting the Jia family, Yi Zhonghai wants to keep him as a backup plan for his old age, and Xu Damao has his eye on the recommendation slot for a projectionist position...
Then one day, he activates the [Emotional Trap System]. By collecting other people's emotions, such as greed, anger, and guilt, he can exchange them for special items:
When Yi Zhonghai publicly tries to guilt-trip him, he gets a [Moral Blackmail Rebound Card].
When Qin Huairu sneaks into his room late at night, he triggers [Widow Repellent Spray].
When Granny Deaf pretends to be sick to extort money, he unlocks the [Truth-Enhancing Magnifying Glass].
Gentle and refined on the surface, he secretly digs pits and lays traps. When everyone in the courtyard realizes that this "sickly cat" is the one pulling the strings, Qin Huairu becomes the first to report illegal profiteering, Xu Damao turns on Silly Zhu and exposes him for stealing food from the canteen, and First Master Yi's "moral halo" is smashed to pieces by Yi Zhonghai himself... Meanwhile, Li Chaoyang lies beneath the grape trellis, watching the schemers tear into one another, quietly keeping his name out of it.
I read four chapters and didn't understand it. For me, who has read hundreds of Siheyuan novels, this is the first time.
What was written in such a mess?
Mysterious operation, confusing to watch
Only for geniuses, mortals like me can't understand it